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City tour: French Quarter and historic Jackson Square, home of the Cabildo and Presbytere Museums. Visit one of New Orleans historic cemeteries, referred to as "Cities of the Dead," and learn about this unique above ground burial system. Follow the path of the St. Charles Avenue streetcar, the oldest continuously operating passenger railway system in the world (until service was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina). See the homes of former Kings & Queens of Mardi Gras, and the stately mansions of the world-famous exclusive Garden District. |
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Dinner at Hard Rock Café – included |
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Day 2 : |
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Music clinic at Loyola University* |
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Meet and work with the New Orleans Presentation sisters |
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Spend the remainder of the day and evening at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, one of New Orleans premier events (if accepted to perform) |
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Performance opportunity at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (contingent upon acceptance of audition materials by NOJAZZ) |
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Day 3 : |
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Opportunity for exchange performance with a local school. Meet and share your music with students from New Orleans |
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Explore Louisiana‘s back country along its meandering bayou filled with wildlife on a narrated Swamp Tour. You may see the wildlife that made the Barataria Swamps the Crown Jewel of the Louisiana Purchase. Here, birds, snakes, turtles, fur animals, and Gators are the king of the swamp and easily spotted. Situated on the banks of Bayou Barataria, in the heart of the most dynamic ecosystem of North America, the Treasure Isle Swamps are part of the “Barataria Estuary”. The wetlands of the Barataria swamps are so rich in seafood and wildlife, that when Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, he was only interested in New Orleans and its Swamps. Thomas Jefferson considered Barataria, the crown jewel of the purchase. |
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Go behind the scenes at Mardi Gras World to see the largest fleet of spectacular fiber-optic carnival floats; try on Mardi Gras costumes and eat King Cake. Tour the place where Mardi Gras is made, and watch as artists create Mardi Gras masterpieces. After you look at the floats (they produce more than 500 each year), check out the gift shop for beads, trinkets, and posters relating to Mardi Gras |
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Day 4 : |
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Depart the hotel for the French Quarter |
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Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits! Enjoy a delicious all-you-can-eat southern brunch as different local gospel groups perform live on stage at the House of Blues Sunday Gospel Brunch! The music is uplifting and energetic and guaranteed to get the crowd standing on their feet! |
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Enjoy a two-hour steamboat cruise on the Mississippi River from the heart of the French Quarter |
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Learn about the history and culture of New Orleans jazz at the New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park located in the heart of New Orleans French Quarter. A story rich with innovation, experimentation, controversy and emotion, the park provides an ideal setting to share the cultural history of the people and places that helped shape the development and progression of jazz in New Orleans |
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Free time to explore Canal Street at Jackson Square, the French Market, Café Du Monde for their famous beignets |
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Dinner at Bubba Gumps |
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Visit an authentic antebellum southern plantation; learn how plantations were the economic and social centers of the south and see slave quarters |
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Lunch at Riverwalk Marketplace; choose from a variety of delicious Cajun and American cuisine from gumbo, jambalaya, muffelatas, crawdads, and poorboys at the food court - included |
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Time for last-minute shopping before your departure for home at the Riverwalk Marketplace array of shops and the French Market |
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WELCOME HOME! |
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* All clinics and performances are based on availability and acceptance. |
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OPTIONS: |
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- Aquarium of the Americas
- Audubon Zoo
- National World War II Museum
- The Presbytere
- Tulane's Special Collections
- Backstreet Cultural Museum
- New Orleans Museum of Art
- Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
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- Exchange performance with local school
- Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
- Haunted History / Ghost Tour
- National D-Day Museum
- Musée Conti Wax Museum
- Contemporary Arts Center
- New Orleans Museum of Art
- Ogden Museum of Southern Art
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Custom Performing Travel programs include: |
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Roundtrip air transportation to New Orleans (upon request) |
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$40 per person roundtrip luggage fee included ($15 each flight) |
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Motorcoach transportation while touring; daily driver’s tip |
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Quality accommodations based on quad occupancy for students & double for adults |
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Breakfasts: 4 - Lunch: 1 - Dinners: 4 |
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One 24 hour-a-day tour escort per motorcoach |
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All performance and music clinic arrangements |
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Heritage Festival individual fees |
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All admissions, taxes, and gratuities per itinerary |
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Bulk billing to school OR individual invoicing to parents – your choice |
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Insurance and financial protection |
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Standard behavior guidelines |
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Group medical accident insurance upon request |
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Tiered pricing note: Tiered pricing gives you a smaller price per student as your group grows to fill more of your bus. At about 90 days before travel, we review your group for tiered pricing. Counting those who are on schedule with payments, we will decrease your price if you’ve reached a lower tiered price. Trips are usually billed on a higher tiered price. We hope for price decreases, rather than increases. Should you reach a lower tier, you and your group may decide to add something to the trip rather than have a price decrease. If there are overpayments, they are refunded before the trip travels. |
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EXCLUSIONS: |
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- Rollaway beds
- Transportation to/from an your local airport
- Meals not indicated in the itinerary (airline meal allowance can be included at your request)
- Airline baggage fees; excess or oversized baggage fees (allowance can be included at your request)
- Music equipment rental fees and transportation (allowance can be included at your request)
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